Monthly Archives: February 2015

In the last episode of Jarenth Plays Beyond Earth, General Vadim Kozlov made his move for the end game. Like I always knew he would. He timed it perfectly, too, waiting until I was just about to launch my final attack on Hutama. Did he think I’d be too consumed by bloodlust to even pay attention to him, perhaps? “I’ll let the world burn if Hutama burns with it”, that sort of thing? It wouldn’t be entirely unexpected of me, I’ll be the first to grant that… but no. Under absolutely no circumstances will I just sit back and let Vadim Kozlov snatch up the victory. Not after everything that happened. Not now, not ever.

Last episode was, to put it bluntly, a mad dash to get my forces to Slavic Federation lands before Vadim achieved his final victory. I contracted Suzanne to run early interference, but knowing Beyond Earth’s AI, I have absolutely no illusions that she’ll actually fight this war to its necessary conclusion. No, thwarting Vadim will be entirely up to me. And now that, after about a dozen turns, my warships have finally made landfall, it’s probably no exaggeration to say that this conflict will be nothing less than the final battle ever to be fought over the future of Terra Atlantea.

After the break: the war to end all wars.

In the last episode of Jarenth Plays Beyond Earth, I daresay I kicked Hutama’s Polystralian ass from here to breakfast. Even though his impressive rise through the technological ranks allowed him to keep pace with me on a quality level, the combination of his failed assault on Gran Éxito — come for the sunk Polystralian warships, stay because we still haven’t figured out a way past the aliens — and a lack of focus in his movement and unit choices meant I was easily able to sweep past his defensive army. I took the city of Maeva back and made it mine forevermore, and I set the city of Rahi on fire as a signal that you do not mess with Franco-Iberia.

Now, my armies are stationed in the ocean strait and on the coast just outside Freeland, Hutama’s capital. Poised to slag Hutama’s final defenses, conquer and burn his capital city, and end any possible threat that the Commonwealth of the Pacific could ever pose to me in the near to far future. And man, am I looking forward to this. This should be good.

After the break: Yeah, minor spoilers: it doesn’t work out that way.

In the last episode of Jarenth Plays Beyond Earth, I survived Hutama’s dastardly and unprovoked attack on colonies that are entirely mine, have always been mine, and history books will show were never initially his to begin with. Sure, Hutama took one of those mine-not-his colonies for himself… but between me repelling a secondary attack on Gran Éxito, Samatar and Suzanne going to war on my behest, and me spending Energy like a drunken sailor on shore leave to rapidly build a sizable army — so nothing like a sailor on shore leave at all, then — I don’t really see this unlawful occupation lasting longer than a handful of turns. At best.

I mean, I don’t see Hutama’s entire civilization lasting more than a handful of turns at best, at this point. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves re: the terrible vengeance I intend to wreak. Take back colony first, stomp Hutama into dirt and cinders second.

After the break: I’ve been overconfident with regard to my military might before. I am not being overconfident right now.